Gillian Welch

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collaborator on:	Dave Rawlings Machine
parents:	Ken Welch Mitzie Welch
romantically involved with:	David Rawlings (American guitarist, singer and producer)

studied at:	Berklee College of Music in Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

part of:	Attended University of California Santa Cruz (order: 13) Paste: 100 Best Living Songwriters (number: 48) (order: 68)

purchase music for download:	https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id1579339 [info]
IMDb:	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919553/ [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/255403 [info]
official homepages:	http://www.gillianwelch.com/ [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98133040 [info] http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6489pmk [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14238468b [info] https://d-nb.info/gnd/134996577 [info] https://jaxsta.com/profile/07cd795d-ac52-4f4f-9542-f07673145c43 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/gillian_welch [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/gillian-welch/ [info] https://www.whosampled.com/Gillian-Welch/ [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no98133040/ [info]
BBC Music:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/2ff49515-1701-4bac-a53a-04345893f3f3 [info] (until 2020-11-19)
social networking:	https://twitter.com/gillianwelch [info] https://www.facebook.com/gillianwelch [info]
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/artist/2H5elA2mJKrHmqkN9GSfkz [info] https://www.deezer.com/artist/6980 [info]
lyrics page:	http://muzikum.eu/en/122-9378/gillian-welch/lyrics.html [info] https://genius.com/artists/Gillian-welch [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000551465 [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/1969 [info]
VIAF ID:	49435777 [info]
Wikidata:	Q442207 [info]
Bandcamp:	https://gillianwelch.bandcamp.com/ [info]
Songkick:	https://www.songkick.com/artists/153441 [info]
setlist.fm:	https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/gillian-welch-1bd6b1fc.html [info]
Last.fm:	https://www.last.fm/music/Gillian+Welch [info]
Bandsintown:	https://www.bandsintown.com/a/2825 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited as	Attributes	Artist	Length
	arranged
	All the Good Times are Past and Gone	GW		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:54
	As Long as the Grass Shall Grow			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	9:12
	Didn’t Leave Nobody but the Baby			Gillian Welch / Alison Krauss / Emmylou Harris	1:58
	Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss	GW		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	2:37
	Poor Ellen Smith	GW		Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:30
	instruments
2013-09-29	Four Strong Winds		guitar	Conor Oberst, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:25
2013-09-29	Man Named Truth		guitar	Conor Oberst, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:06
2013-09-29	The Midnight Special		guitar	Willie Watson, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:15
	Acony Bell		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	3:06
	All My Tears		banjo	Julie Miller	3:11
	Annabelle		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	4:04
	Apache Tears (reprise)		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	2:57
	As Long as the Grass Shall Grow		guitar	Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	9:12
	As Long as the Grass Shall Grow (reprise)		acoustic guitar	Nancy Blake, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:29
	Barroom Girls		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	4:14
	Beulah Land		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	4:34
	Big Time in the Jungle		membranophone	Old Crow Medicine Show	2:50
	Bodysnatchers		guitar	Dave Rawlings Machine	5:56
	Bodysnatchers		membranophone	Dave Rawlings Machine	5:56
	Butterfly		acoustic guitar	Barry Gibb feat. David Rawlings & Gillian Welch	3:43
	By the Mark		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	3:40
	Caleb Meyer		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	3:05
	Candy		membranophone	Dave Rawlings Machine	4:10
	Candy		guitar	Dave Rawlings Machine	4:10
	Don't Ride That Horse		membranophone	Old Crow Medicine Show	3:04
	Drums		acoustic guitar	Norman & Nancy Blake, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	6:00
	Fifty Miles of Elbow Room		guitar [rhythm guitar]	James Alan Shelton	3:30
	Good Til Now		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	3:56
	Honey Now		acoustic guitar, bass and drums (drum set)	Gillian Welch	1:52
	I Hear Them All		membranophone	Old Crow Medicine Show	3:05
	I’m Not Afraid to Die		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	3:27
	James River Blues		membranophone	Old Crow Medicine Show	3:07
	Love Still Remains		bass guitar [bass]	Emmylou Harris	4:40
	Lua		guitar	Conor Oberst + Gillian Welch	5:54
	Miner’s Refrain		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	3:57
	My Morphine		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	5:52
	New Virginia Creeper		membranophone	Old Crow Medicine Show	2:21
	One More Dollar		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	4:35
	One Morning		banjo	Gillian Welch	2:42
	Only One and Only		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	5:34
	Orphan Girl		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	3:57
	Pass You By		electric guitar	Gillian Welch	3:57
	Pilgrim (You Can't Go Home)		guitar	Dave Rawlings Machine	7:58
	Pilgrim (You Can't Go Home)		membranophone	Dave Rawlings Machine	7:58
	Rock of Ages		banjo	Gillian Welch	3:08
	Short Haired Woman Blues		membranophone	Dave Rawlings Machine	6:44
	Short Haired Woman Blues		guitar	Dave Rawlings Machine	6:44
	Tear My Stillhouse Down		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	4:33
	The Ballad of Ira Hayes		acoustic guitar	Kris Kristofferson w/ Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:45
	The Devil Had a Hold of Me		banjo	Gillian Welch	4:31
	The Last Goodbye		drums (drum set)	Uncle Earl	3:40
	The Last Pharaoh		membranophone	Dave Rawlings Machine	3:38
	The Last Pharaoh		guitar	Dave Rawlings Machine	3:38
	The Trip		membranophone	Dave Rawlings Machine	10:56
	The Trip		guitar	Dave Rawlings Machine	10:56
	The Vanishing Race		acoustic guitar	Rhiannon Giddens	6:15
	The Weekend		guitar	Dave Rawlings Machine	5:29
	The Weekend		membranophone	Dave Rawlings Machine	5:29
	Trials & Troubles		membranophone	Old Crow Medicine Show	2:57
	Whiskey Girl		guitar	Gillian Welch	4:15
	Winter’s Come and Gone		acoustic guitar	Gillian Welch	2:15
	performed
1999-09-19	Hickory Wind			Gillian Welch	4:40
2013-09-29	Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby			Gillian Welch, Rhiannon Giddens & Carey Mulligan	2:07
2013-09-29	Joe Hill			Joan Baez, Colin Meloy & Gillian Welch	4:06
2013-09-29	The Way It Goes			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:31
	Ain't It Odd / Listen to the Animals			Hayes Carll, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Unknown Hinson, Rhett Miller, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, David Rawlings, Todd Snider, Gillian Welch and Lucinda Williams	2:10
	Carefree Drifter			David Rawlings & Gillian Welch	0:49
	I Really Dont Want to Know		guest	Jerry Lee Lewis feat. Gillian Welch	3:04
	Katie Dear			The Chieftains feat. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:28
	Look at Miss Ohio (feat. Gillian Welch)		guest	The Decemberists	7:29
	Oh Death			Ralph Stanley feat. Gillian Welch	2:53
	Please Release Me		guest	Jerry Lee Lewis feat. Gillian Welch	3:40
	Prairie Wedding			Mark Knopfler	4:27
	Prairie Wedding (live, 2001‐05‐27: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, USA)			Mark Knopfler feat. Gillian Welch, Dave Rowlings & Paul Franklyn	5:47
	Sin City			Steve Earle, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	?:??
	Sin City (feat. Gillian Welch)		guest	The Decemberists	6:06
	Speedway at Nazareth (live, 2001‐05‐27: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, USA)			Mark Knopfler feat. Gillian Welch & Dave Rowlings	7:09
	Speedway at Nazareth			Mark Knopfler	6:23
	produced
	Wind and Rain			Gillian Welch, David Rawlings & David Steele	3:24
	vocals
2010	All Arise!		background vocals [backing voice]	The Decemberists	3:09
2010	Dear Avery		background vocals [backing voice]	The Decemberists	4:52
2010	Don’t Carry It All		background vocals [backing voice]	The Decemberists	4:17
2010	Down by the Water		background vocals [backing voice]	The Decemberists	3:42
2010	June Hymn		background vocals [backing voice]	The Decemberists	3:58
2010	Rise to Me		background vocals [backing voice]	The Decemberists	4:59
2010	Rox in the Box		background vocals [backing voice]	The Decemberists	3:10
2013-09-29	Man Named Truth			Conor Oberst, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:06
2013-09-29	The Midnight Special			Willie Watson, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:15
2013-09-29	Will the Circle Be Unbroken?			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings with Punch Brothers	3:32
– 2013-09-29	Four Strong Winds			Conor Oberst, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	4:25
	Acony Bell			Gillian Welch	3:06
	Annabelle			Gillian Welch	4:04
	Apache Tears (reprise)			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	2:57
	As Long as the Grass Shall Grow			Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	9:12
	As Long as the Grass Shall Grow (reprise)			Nancy Blake, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:29
	Barroom Girls			Gillian Welch	4:14
	Beulah Land			Gillian Welch	4:34
	Bodysnatchers			Dave Rawlings Machine	5:56
	By the Mark			Gillian Welch	3:40
	Caleb Meyer		lead vocals	Gillian Welch	3:05
	Candy			Dave Rawlings Machine	4:10
	Classic Cars		background vocals	Bright Eyes	4:19
	Didn’t Leave Nobody but the Baby			Gillian Welch / Alison Krauss / Emmylou Harris	1:58
	Down to the River to Pray		additional	Alison Krauss	2:56
	Drums		background vocals	Norman & Nancy Blake, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	6:00
	Fifty Miles of Elbow Room		lead vocals	James Alan Shelton	3:30
	Gold Watch and Chain		tenor vocals	Ralph Stanley feat. Gillian Welch	2:24
	Good Til Now		lead vocals	Gillian Welch	3:56
	Honey Now		lead vocals	Gillian Welch	1:52
	I’ll Fly Away		lead vocals	Gillian Welch / Alison Krauss	3:58
	I’m Not Afraid to Die		lead vocals	Gillian Welch	3:27
	If I Had a Hammer			Nanci Griffith & Friends	2:49
	Let the Bright Seraphim		solo	The King’s Consort, Gillian Welch	5:34
	Loretta (live, 2004)		guest	Norah Jones feat. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:22
	Love Still Remains		background vocals [harmony vocal]	Emmylou Harris	4:40
	Lua			Conor Oberst + Gillian Welch	5:54
	Mamah Borthwick (A Sketch)		background vocals	Conor Oberst	4:17
	Miner’s Refrain		lead vocals	Gillian Welch	3:57
	My Morphine		lead vocals	Gillian Welch	5:52
	O Brother, Where Art Thou? Sirens (clip)			[dialogue]	3:01
	One More Dollar			Gillian Welch	4:35
	One Morning		lead vocals	Gillian Welch	2:42
	Only One and Only			Gillian Welch	5:34
	Orphan Girl			Gillian Welch	3:57
	Paper Wings			Gillian Welch	3:58
	Pass You By			Gillian Welch	3:57
	Pilgrim		background vocals	Steve Earle and The Del McCoury Band	5:28
	Pilgrim (You Can't Go Home)			Dave Rawlings Machine	7:58
	Prairie Wedding			Mark Knopfler	4:27
	Rock of Ages		lead vocals	Gillian Welch	3:08
	Short Haired Woman Blues			Dave Rawlings Machine	6:44
	Side Saddle			Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway feat. Gillian Welch	2:45
	Speedway at Nazareth			Mark Knopfler	6:23
	Tear My Stillhouse Down			Gillian Welch	4:33
	The Ballad of Ira Hayes		background vocals	Kris Kristofferson w/ Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	3:45
	The Devil Had a Hold of Me		lead vocals	Gillian Welch	4:31
	The Last Pharaoh			Dave Rawlings Machine	3:38
	The Talking Leaves		background vocals	Nancy Blake, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	6:12
	The Trip			Dave Rawlings Machine	10:56
	The Weekend			Dave Rawlings Machine	5:29
	Valley of Tears		guest	Solomon Burke	4:29
	Valley of Tears			Solomon Burke	4:29
	Whiskey Girl		lead vocals	Gillian Welch	4:15
	Winter’s Come and Gone		lead vocals	Gillian Welch	2:15
	You All Loved Him Once		background vocals	Conor Oberst	4:28
	instruments
	Heartbreaker		banjo	Ryan Adams
	Heartbreaker		acoustic guitar	Ryan Adams
	Heartbreaker		electric bass guitar [electric bass]	Ryan Adams
	Soul Journey		guitar	Gillian Welch
	Soul Journey		guitar	Gillian Welch
	Soul Journey		guitar	Gillian Welch
	Spooked		bass, guitar, membranophone and percussion	Robyn Hitchcock
	Spooked		bass, guitar, membranophone and percussion	Robyn Hitchcock
	Time (The Revelator)		banjo and guitar	Gillian Welch
	Time (The Revelator)		banjo and guitar	Gillian Welch
	Time (The Revelator)		banjo and guitar	Gillian Welch
	performed
	Heartbreaker		additional and guest	Ryan Adams
	Heartbreaker		additional and guest	Ryan Adams
	produced
	O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Collectors’ Edition Enhanced CD-ROM)		associate	George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson with John Goodman
	recording engineer for
	My Favourite Faded Fantasy		additional	Damien Rice
	vocals
	Heartbreaker		other vocals [voice of "Lucy"]	Ryan Adams
	Heartbreaker			Ryan Adams
	Hell Among the Yearlings			Gillian Welch
	Hell Among the Yearlings		lead vocals	Gillian Welch
	Revival			Gillian Welch
	Soul Journey			Gillian Welch
	Soul Journey			Gillian Welch
	Soul Journey			Gillian Welch
	Spooked		background vocals	Robyn Hitchcock
	Spooked		background vocals	Robyn Hitchcock
	Time (The Revelator)			Gillian Welch
	Time (The Revelator)			Gillian Welch
	Time (The Revelator)			Gillian Welch
	composed
	Dark Turn of Mind
	Dry Town
	Elvis Presley Blues
	Hundred Miles
	Orphan Girl
	Paper Wings
	When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings
	Wichita
	lyrics
	Didn’t Leave Nobody but the Baby		additional
	Dry Town
	Hundred Miles
	Orphan Girl
	Paper Wings
	When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings
	Wichita
	Wind and Rain		additional
	wrote
	455 Rocket
	Acony Bell
	Annabelle
	April the 14th, Part 1
	Barroom Girls
	Bodysnatchers
	By the Mark
	Caleb Meyer
	Candy
	Changing Ground
	Dear Someone
	Down Along the Dixie Line
	Enemy Fire
	Everything Is Free
	Good Til Now
	Hard Times ("hard times ain't gonna rule my mind")
	Honey Now
	I Dream a Highway
	I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll
	I’m Not Afraid to Die
	It’s Too Easy Mañana
	Look at Miss Ohio
	Lowlands
	Miner's Refrain
	My First Lover
	My Mor[p]hine
	My Morphine
	New Favorite
	One More Dollar
	One Morning
	Only One and Only
	Papa Writes to Johnny
	Pass You By
	Peace in the Valley
	Pilgrim (You Can’t Go Home)
	Red Clay Halo
	Revelator
	Rock of Ages
	Ruination Day, Part 2
	Scarlet Town ("Buddy I went down to Scarlet Town...")
	Short Haired Woman Blues
	Silver Dagger
	Six White Horses
	Tear My Stillhouse Down
	Tennessee
	The Devil Had a Hold of Me
	The Last Pharaoh
	The Trip
	The Way It Goes
	The Way It Will Be
	The Way the Whole Thing Ends
	The Weekend
	Two Days from Knowing
	Wayside / Back in Time
	Whiskey Girl
	Winter's Come and Gone
	Wouldn’t Be So Bad
	Wrecking Ball (Gillian Welch)

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